Last one year was specially centered to Janlokpal's debate specially democratically among citizens, But the discussion doesn't seem to slow down in the new year.
In fact, the civil society along with its thousands of supporters seems determined to keep the Lokpal debate at the centre of public attention. And social media is coming in more than handy.
Nominees for Lokpal loser awards include politicians Kapil Sibal, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sonia Gandhi, Rajniti Prasad, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Hamid Ansari etc.
and fewer in number, the nominees for the Lokpal hero award include Varun Gandhi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Chandrababu Naidu etc.
This campaign wants the people to use their weapon of choice - people-powered satire - to have their say and shame the "Lokpal villains" through a public mock award ceremony.
Not stopping at that, Avaaz even plans to hold an award ceremony, scheduled sometime next week in Delhi.
Promoted mostly through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, more than 17,000 people have already voted for the Lokpal awards.
According to Shibayan(an Awaz campaigner) , "voting every few years is not enough to hold politicians to account. It is only through constant pressure that they remember that they represent the people, not themselves and their parties. Ensuring that our politicians don't get away with their disgraceful behaviour is a vital part of our ongoing struggle to rid our country of corruption at all levels.'
Avaaz.org has been aggressively supporting the Lokpal movement on the web since April last year. On behalf of its members, Avaaz has sent lakhs of emails, thousands of SMSes and faxes to prominent leaders and standing committee members to lobby in support of strong Lokpal institution, at times causing them a major irritation by jamming their fax machines and flooding mailboxes.
Editor's View: Again the movement is gaining the required potential energy, we all need to support Janlokpal weather or not we support Team Anna because lokpal's supporter's are further divided on support of Team Anna. It doesen't matter weather you support them or not , what matters is your support Janlokpal and demanding a strong Janlokpal by protesting for it with or without T.Anna
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/social-media/30619380_1_lokpal-bill-team-anna-lokpal-movement
In fact, the civil society along with its thousands of supporters seems determined to keep the Lokpal debate at the centre of public attention. And social media is coming in more than handy.
The international advocacy organisation Avaaz.org is also helping Team Anna to keep the public focus on Lokpal.
Avaaz has launched Lokpal Awards to shame the politicians who "betrayed people of India by supporting a watered-down bill in Lok Sabha and obstructing efforts to pass a better bill in Rajya Sabha."
Their website is asking the netizens to vote for who they feel is the biggest Lokpal loser and ( - any one politician who they can pin the blame on for sabotaging JanLokpal.) and Lokpal Hero (a politician who people feel has been relentless in supporting the Lokpal bill.)
Their website is asking the netizens to vote for who they feel is the biggest Lokpal loser and ( - any one politician who they can pin the blame on for sabotaging JanLokpal.) and Lokpal Hero (a politician who people feel has been relentless in supporting the Lokpal bill.)
Nominees for Lokpal loser awards include politicians Kapil Sibal, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sonia Gandhi, Rajniti Prasad, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Hamid Ansari etc.
and fewer in number, the nominees for the Lokpal hero award include Varun Gandhi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Chandrababu Naidu etc.
This campaign wants the people to use their weapon of choice - people-powered satire - to have their say and shame the "Lokpal villains" through a public mock award ceremony.
Not stopping at that, Avaaz even plans to hold an award ceremony, scheduled sometime next week in Delhi.
Promoted mostly through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, more than 17,000 people have already voted for the Lokpal awards.
According to Shibayan(an Awaz campaigner) , "voting every few years is not enough to hold politicians to account. It is only through constant pressure that they remember that they represent the people, not themselves and their parties. Ensuring that our politicians don't get away with their disgraceful behaviour is a vital part of our ongoing struggle to rid our country of corruption at all levels.'
Avaaz.org has been aggressively supporting the Lokpal movement on the web since April last year. On behalf of its members, Avaaz has sent lakhs of emails, thousands of SMSes and faxes to prominent leaders and standing committee members to lobby in support of strong Lokpal institution, at times causing them a major irritation by jamming their fax machines and flooding mailboxes.
Editor's View: Again the movement is gaining the required potential energy, we all need to support Janlokpal weather or not we support Team Anna because lokpal's supporter's are further divided on support of Team Anna. It doesen't matter weather you support them or not , what matters is your support Janlokpal and demanding a strong Janlokpal by protesting for it with or without T.Anna
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/social-media/30619380_1_lokpal-bill-team-anna-lokpal-movement
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